Valve.



' A. L. KE-RBAUGH.

VALVE. AiPLIOATIO'N FILED OCT. 9, 1912.

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Artkwflffrbauyh Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

A. L. KERBAUGH.

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VALVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 9, 1912. Serial No. 724,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, An'rnen a citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvei'oents in valves and has particular application to globe valves. It is to be understood, however, that the invention in its useful appli cation not limited to any particular type of valve structure.

In carrying out the presentinvention, it is my purpose to provide a valve structure wherein a fluid tight joint will be formed between the valve and its seat in the closed position of the valve and wherein dirt, grit and similar foreign matter will be eti'retively removed from the valve seat in the mopement of the valve to closed position, thereoy I minimizing reminding oi the valve seat and other like repairs.

It is also my purpose to provide a construction of valve wherein the seat, when worn or otherwise fractured may be readily removed and repaired or replaced.

Furthermore, l aim to provide a valve which, when moved to closed position, will enter the seat and snugly engage the inner wall thereof with the effect to produce a fluid tightjoint of maximum ei'liciency and same time remove scale or other iii-attorwhich may tend to adhere tothe wall of, the seat.

31 further object oi? the provision of a valve which maybe moved into and out of the seat to closeandopen the valve respectively and which will be constructed in such manner that the elements forming the valve proper may have relative movementto insure a fluid tight joint. Wit-h the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement/0f parts hereinai'ter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a globe valve constructed in accordance wlth the present invention. 1* 2 is horizontal sectional view through the same, and Fi 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the valve proper and its sea t, I f

In the presentinstance l have shownniy invention as applied to the globe valve eo-i L. KnRBAUei-i,

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invention is the cred by my Patent Number QHAQ It is conceivable, however, that my improve ments, in their useful application, are not,

limited to this specific form 01 valve con struction and I, therefore, do not confine myself to the precise details ofronstrriction herein described and delineated, as modifiaition and variationrmay be made within the scope of my claims and without depart-- ing' from the spirit of the invention.

ieferring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the numeral 1 indicates a valve casing having the fluid passage 2 therethrough and providedwith the usual partition 3 therein. This partition 3 has formed in its longitudinal portion a thread ed opening 4 designed to receive a ring 5 "forming the valve seat and provided with a circuni'terentially extending flange G snugly engaging one wall oi the horizontal portion of the partitiini. The innerwall of the ring 5 is tapered downwaidly as clearly illus trated in l 3 of the drawings for a purpose which ivill tniesently appear.

The casing; 1 is open ahove the valve seat and, in the present instance, is; provided with athreaded extension 7 designed to receive a ea p or not 8, the latter clamping an annular flange 9 formed on and adjacent to the lower i end of a hood 10, the fiance 9 resting upon the end wall of the threaded extension 7. This hood or bonnet 10 may be of any do (siredwcontour; :in cross section and has formed in the free endthercof an opening *to receive the upwardly projecting end or a barrel .l-l, said end being projected beyond the hood and is screw threaded to receive -& caplil, the latter clamping the hood and cofop'e'rating witha flange 13 formed on the "barrel immediately below the upper end of the hood, to seeurely hold the barrel in position. i

f) and is formed with an i-nitegral piston or 1 ring 17. having suitable circumferential packing; r1ng's'18. The pistonflf' is designed,

, The barrel 9 is internally screw threaded to move between the barrel and thehood, l the rings 30, 30, toeufrr and leave the seat while the packing rings serve to form a fluid with ease and facility and Without blndlng tight joint between the upper and lower in the movement of the valve to closed pos1- portions of the hood or bonnet 10, thereby tlon. p

5 plel'filltlllg' the passage of steam, water or From the foregoing description taken in other fluid past the piston. connection WIih the accoinpanylng draw- The construction thus described is identiings, the construction and mode of operaal to that disclosed in my former patent tion oil-my invention will be readily aphereinbetore referred to and forms nopart parent.

ot the present invention. In accordance i It will be seen that when the valve is disg5, 21 extending toward the flange on the oppomg outwardly from the face of the disks 19 45 packing rings 30, 30 disposed concentrically with the present invention, the valve proper posed within the seat to close the passage 2, is movable into and out of the ring constias clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawtuting the valve seat and is constructed in ings, the fluid within the casing 1 will pass such nmnner as to be capable of expansion through the ports 31 and 33 and behind the to engage the inner wall of the sefit, thus i packings 30, 30' by way of lateral ports 34 o p insuring fluid tight joint whenthe'valve i communicating with the port 33, thereby expanding the pac'kings 30, 30 and producis closed. The valve, in the present instance,

IS composed of a pair of dISkS 19, each mg a binding action between the same and i the inner wall of the valve seat, thus proformed on one face with an annular flange duclng an efl'ective fluid tight JOHNS, the '5 grooves 29 limitin the outward movement of the packing rings 30, 30, incidentto the flanged edges of such rings being disposed Within said grooves. It will also be noted that the groove 32 establishes communica- 90 tion between the ports 31 and 33,1!18SP9C- tive of the relative positions of such ports, While the packing-ring 28 cotiperates with the rings 30, to seal the passage 2. lVhenv the stem 14' is rotated in one direction or the other, the cylinder 16 and the valve connected thereto will be movedeither toward or away from the seat, while the barrel 11 remains stationary at all times, the cylin: der 16 moving between the barrel and hood or bonnet. Thus, contact between the threads on the valve stem and the steam, water or other fluid is avoided thereby eliminating mutilation of the screw threads.

s in my former patent, the hood or bon- 5 net 10 is equippewith a vent aperture site disk tind spaced apart therefrom to relike 24. being passed through the disks 19, 20 to clamp the annulus 22 in place and hold said disks and annulus assembled. Extendopposite from the flange 21 is a nipple25 threaded interiorly to engage the outer wall of the smaller? diameter of the cylinder 16, and threaded exteriorly to receive a ring 26 provided with a eircumferentially extending flange 27 cooperating with the adjacent portion of the disk 19 to-receive a packingring 28, the latter being designed to enga 'e the upper edge ofthe ring forming-t e valve seat, in ithe closed position of the valve. The cdnfronting portions of the disks 19, 20 and theannulus 22 are provided with alining circumferentially extending grooves 29 to receive the flanged edges of by the piston in its movement. 11L vIn order to increase the area of the fluid passage 2 in the valve casing 1 so that the maximum volume of the fluid may pass through the valve casing when the valve is open, I form the casing with a drop bot- 5 the partition 3 when the valve is closed and t 36 di d i a plane b l th i l t for this purpose, the longitudinal portion .o enin of the valve casin .and the valve of the partition and the ring 5 forming the it g g g I valve seal are provided w th registering -I claim: 1 bores forming a fluid port 31 cbmmunicat- 1, In combination, a valve casing having 130 i ing Wi'than annular groove 32 formed in a fluid passage therethrough, a valve seat the outer Wall of the annulus 22, the groove. i id i id d ith a t; a 3 crmnnunieating with the spaces between tition supporting said valve seat anddormed the flanges 21 and the packing r ngs 30 by ith a port registering with the port in said W y f f 12 33 21nd lateral bores 5 34 seat, a valve movable in'to-and out of said formed 1n the annulus 22. The outer annuseat to close and open said passage said lar sides of the various elements, comprising valve oomprisin' a pair of disks prdvided the valve, which enter the seat are tapered with oppositely d1sposed flanges, an annulus to conform to the similar. configuration of interposed between the flanges on said disks a the inner wall of the seatso as to enable and formed with a'port adapted to register of the flanges 21, 21 and capable of expansion or movement relatively to the disks and the annulus 22. In the present instance, these packing rings 30, 30, are expanded 50 under the, action of the fluid on one side of with the first-named port, packing rings and packing rings surrounding said flanges 25 surrounding said flanges at the, opposite at the opposite side of-said annulus an sides of said annulus and adapted to be adapted to be expanded against the-inner expanded against the inner wall of 'said"wal1 ofi-said' seat under the action of the fluid 5 seat under-the action of the'fluid when the when the ports register one withthe other ports register one with the other .in the in theclosed posit1on of the valve.' 30

closed position: of the valve, a nipple on one 0 3. 111 combination; .a v valve casing havof said disks, a ring threaded onto said i-ng a fluid passage therethrou h, a valve nipple, and a packing-ring interposed beseat in said casing, a valve move le-lnto and 10 'tween'the ring on sai nipple and the adja- "out-of said seat to open and close said pas-v cent portion of the disk and designed. to sage, anipple on said valve, 9, ring threaded 85 engageithe upper edge of the valve seat. f onto said nipple, and a packing ring inter 2.111 eombination, a valve casing having posed between the. ring-on said nipple, and a-fiuid passage therethrough; a valve seat the adjacent portion of the: valve and de- 3 in said casingprovided with a port, a parsignedto engagethe upper edge of the valve tition supporting said valve sea'tand formed seat andeoiiperatmg with said valve to form 40 with a port registering with the .port ,in a fluid tight joint. said seat, a valve movable into and out of Intestimon whereof I afi'lx my signature said seat to close and open said passage, 'in presenoe 0 two witnesses.

vided with oppositely disposed flanges, an

2 said valve comprising a pan'i of disks prog ARTHUR VL- R annulus interposed between the flanges on Witnesses:

said disks and provided with a port adapt- O. B. J. HAINES, ed to register with the first-mentioned port, Gnn'rnunn A. A OBY. 

